The most common varicose veins are women. The causes of development include congenital weakness of the venous wall, vascular abnormality, valve failure, and changes in the elasticity of the muscular layer. Basically, varicose veins appear in people whose occupations are associated with heavy physical labor. Also, the disease can lie in wait for people whose activities are connected with staying on their feet - hairdressers, sellers, waitresses, surgeons ...
With varicose veins, it is very important to eat properly, so as not to cause the development of the disease even more. It is not superfluous to note that varicosis develops in people with excess weight. It is important to reduce weight, hence, and proper nutrition. Therefore, nutrition shown with weight loss, will be useful in the fight against varicose veins. To get rid of manifestations of this disease the following recommendations will help:
- Eat several times a day with fruit;
- Eliminate the sugar and confectionery in which it is present;
- Exclude from the diet strong tea and coffee;
- Limit the use of seasonings when preparing meals;
- Refuse from alcoholic beverages;
- Increase in your diet consumption of foods that are dominated by vitamins C and E.
Proper nutrition with varicose means not only a reduction in the consumption of certain groups of foods, but also the replenishment of the body with a sufficient number of nutrients. Consider the main groups of substances that help strengthen the vessels, prevent the formation of blood clots, and also normalize the processes at the micro-cerebrovascular level.
Rutin - helps to restore the elasticity of blood vessels, reduces the fragility and permeability of capillaries. In the composition of your proper nutrition, rutin can get through the fruit of dog rose, berries of black currant, mountain ash, citrus, and also from green tea.
Exusan is a preparation consisting of an extract of horse chestnut seeds and thiamine hydrochloride. It is found in cereals, beans, meat, and brewer's yeast. Proper nutrition in tandem with this drug increases the tone of venous vessels, strengthens the walls of veins, and soothes pain.
Pantothenic acid is necessary for us for numerous chemical processes occurring in the body. Sources of matter - peanuts, liver, grain, brewer's yeast, grain sprouts, egg yolk, bran, broccoli, chicken.
Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is a very necessary substance in the body. If you have long healing wounds, bruises easily appear, if you are prone to frequent colds, complain of weakness, are prone to depression, loss of appetite, - the body lacks ascorbic acid.
Retinol is responsible for the growth and development of bones, ensures the preservation of epithelial cells. Contained in the liver, carrots, melons, spinach, pumpkin, cabbage, fresh apricots, milk. Retinol can not be overdosed! Therefore, the doctor for each patient individually selects his dose in the diet.
Tocopherol is necessary to protect the body from bacteria and viruses, it protects the cell membranes. Sources are vegetable oils: sunflower, corn, cotton; as well as almonds, sunflower seeds, peanuts, margarine.
Eat the right food and you will help your body!